| A New York City Taxi Drivers License is called a | | | | payable to Lab Corp. Inc.o Persons applying for |
| "Hack License". Officially it is known as a New | | | | the Hack License and failing the drug test will be |
| York City Taxi Operators License. The license | | | | directed to a licensing standards hearing conducted |
| allows the holder / driver to operate a Yellow | | | | by the New York City Taxi & Limousine |
| Medallion Taxicab in the Five Boroughs of the City | | | | Commission. Following the hearing the application |
| of New York. Only a Yellow Medallion Taxicab is | | | | for the Hack License may be denied a license. |
| permitted to pick up passengers hailing from the | | | | The most time consuming aspect of how to get |
| street in the City. The Hack license, issued | | | | a hack license in NYC is mandatory pre-license |
| through The New York City Taxi & | | | | training for all New York City Hack Licensees. The |
| Limousine Commission, is the only license for | | | | training is in taxi related subjects, conducted by |
| operating a Yellow Taxicab. | | | | approved training institutions. The minimum training |
| There are other licenses issued by the New York | | | | requirement is a twenty-four hour program. The |
| City Taxi & Limousine Commission for car | | | | program consists of a three day course, eight |
| service and limousines but they can not be used | | | | hours per day, with three basic components. |
| to operate the Yellow Taxicab. The Hack license | | | | Geography/Map Reading, Rules and Regulations / |
| however can be used to operate a limousine or | | | | Defensive Driving and Customer Service. |
| car service vehicle. This fact makes the Hack | | | | There is also a course for Eighty Hours available |
| License the most valuable of NYC T&LC | | | | consisting of nine eight hour days of classroom |
| issued operator licenses, as well as the most | | | | training, and one day of testing. (The NYC TAXI |
| prestigious. | | | | OPERATORS EXAM.) The eighty hour program is |
| There are approximately 44,000 drivers carrying | | | | the original taxi driver training program on which |
| a Hack License in New York City today. | | | | the New York City Taxi driver exam is based. |
| HOW TO GET A HACK LICENSE IN NYC | | | | There are other programs for how to get a hack |
| The Process and Requirementso All applicants for | | | | license available which have no time constraints. |
| a New York City Taxi Hack License must be no | | | | The most prominent such program is conducted |
| less than nineteen (19) Years of ageo Applicants | | | | by Master Cabbie Taxi Academy. The programs |
| are required to have, a Class A, B, C, or E N.Y. | | | | are unlimited in length, so long as the student |
| State Drivers License, or a license from New | | | | maintains a regular schedule at the school, and |
| Jersey, Connecticut or Pennsylvania of a similar | | | | does not have to re-learn what had been taught |
| class.o Most licenses in New York State are Class | | | | previously. |
| D.o To change a license from a class D to a class | | | | Certain unlimited programs include all fees needed |
| E one must go to the Department of Motor | | | | for the New York City Taxi & Limousine |
| Vehicles and pay an upgrade fee.o There will be | | | | Commission. This service allows persons utilizing |
| no test.o The fee will be approximately fifty | | | | credit to have Master Cabbie Taxi Academy |
| dollars. | | | | make the fee's available when the student is |
| A problem with how to get a hack license is that | | | | ready for each phase of the Hack licensing |
| an applicant must owe no outstanding parking, or | | | | process This removes the need to purchase |
| traffic summonses. If money is owed to the New | | | | money orders for which only cash can be used. |
| York City for parking or traffic violations it must | | | | The taxi driver test for how to get a hack license |
| paid, or a documented settlement agreement with | | | | in New York City consists of two parts. It is |
| the appropriate agency must be presented to the | | | | administered by the New York City Taxi & |
| NYC T&LC licensing division. | | | | Limousine Commission each week at the Master |
| All applicants for a New York City Taxi Hack | | | | Cabbie Taxi Academy.o The Hack License |
| License must be citizens, or legal residents of the | | | | applicant must successfully complete an English |
| United States. | | | | Proficiency as part of the exam. It is a low level |
| Applicants are also required to attend a New York | | | | ESL exam for basic, English proficiency, consisting |
| State certified, six-hour Defensive Driving | | | | of four parts. There are thirty questions, fifteen |
| Course.o This course must be attended no longer | | | | of which are fill-ins, and fifteen of which are |
| than six months prior to the date an application is | | | | multiple choice. An applicant must score |
| filed with the New York City Taxi & | | | | twenty-one correctly to pass the exam. |
| Limousine Commission for a Hack License.o The | | | | Applicants failing the exam are allowed to sit for a |
| number one provider of defensive driving courses | | | | second exam on another date. Applicants failing |
| for New York City Taxi Drivers is the Master | | | | the exam for a second time must submit a new |
| Cabbie Taxi Academy. Classes are available six | | | | application to the New York City Taxi & |
| days per week. The price is $45. or $39. with | | | | Limousine Commission if they wish to continue |
| online registration. | | | | the process of obtaining a New York City Hack |
| The medical requirement for How to Get A Hack | | | | License.o The final step in the process of How To |
| License is contained on Form B of the New York | | | | Get A Hack License in NYC is, The New York |
| City Taxi & Limousine Commission Taxi | | | | City Taxi Operators exam. The Taxi Operators |
| Drivers Application which must be completed by a | | | | exam consists of two parts. One part is open |
| certified Medical Doctor.o The application for the | | | | book and the other is closed book. Part One |
| New York City Hack License must be submitted | | | | consists of ten questions. The applicant is allowed |
| in person to the New York City Taxi & | | | | to use a Five (5) Borough New York City Atlas |
| Limousine Commission at either 32-02 Queens | | | | and a Street address locator during this portion of |
| Blvd. Long Island City N.Y. 11101 Monday through | | | | the exam. For this portion of the exam forty-five |
| Friday 9AM to 4PM.o There is a second | | | | minutes is allowed.o Part Two of the New York |
| submission location in Staten Island. Open Monday, | | | | City Taxi Operators exam allows the applicant |
| Tuesday and Thursdays at 1893 Richmond | | | | seventy-five minutes and consists of forty |
| Terrace Staten Island NY 10302.o No walk-ins are | | | | questions. Approximately twelve questions will |
| permitted at the Staten Island Location.o To | | | | pertain to rules and regulations and defensive |
| make an appointment call: 212-227-6324.o At the | | | | driving questions. The remaining twenty-eight |
| time of application submission the applicant will be | | | | questions will pertain to geography, landmarks, |
| required to pay a sixty dollar application fee. The | | | | highways, air, bus and train terminals, etc. |
| fee must be paid by money order made payable | | | | Applicants must answer thirty-five questions |
| to the NYC TLC.o At the time of application | | | | correctly, scoring seventy percent, or better, to |
| submission the applicant must pay a seventy-five | | | | pass the exam. Applicants failing the exam are |
| dollar for fingerprinting fee. The fee must be paid | | | | allowed to sit for a second exam on another date. |
| by money order made payable to N.Y.S.D.C.J.S. | | | | Applicants failing the exam for a second time |
| All applicants for the Hack License are required to | | | | must submit a new application to the New York |
| be tested for illegal drugs. The Hack License will | | | | City Taxi & Limousine Commission if they |
| not be issued to any person not completing the | | | | wish to continue the process. |
| test.o The New York City Taxi & Limousine | | | | Taxi drivers in New York City earn as much as |
| Commission approved drug testing center for | | | | one thousand dollars per week and more. |
| new applicants is located at 31-00 47th Ave. Long | | | | If you wish to apply for a New York City Hack |
| Island City NY 11101.o The center is open Monday | | | | License you should contact Master Cabbie Taxi |
| through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.o | | | | Academy. At: 718-472-1699 or 1-800-955-TAXI. |
| Payment must be made by money order made | | | | |